Promotion Board and Spur Ride

Thomas has been very busy with work lately. Last week he went to the Promotion Board, so he was studying late every night. He went to the Board on March 31st and was recommended for promotion to Staff Sergeant. Now he has to work on getting more points by completing civilian and military courses. He's going to try to start school in the Fall.
He also went on a Spur Ride on April 8th and 9th. On Wednesday he did a 4 mile run and went to a a Spur Board where they asked him questions about the Regimental history and he had to recite the Cavalry song and poem. He said that they also had them doing a lot of pushups! Then, on Thursday, he did a 15 mile round trip road march to "The Box" where they completed a list of tasks all day long. He returned at 5:00pm, then Noah and I headed over to the horse stables to watch him get his spurs. It was a nice ceremony and very cool to see all the tradition. He was exhausted, but happy to participate in a very old Army tradition. I am very proud of all the accomplishments he's made throughout his Army career.

The "Shavetails" in formation


Thomas is the last one on the right


Waiting to mount the horse


A nice picture with the mountain in the back


On the horse (this horse ended up kicking and injuring the handler a few minutes after this picture)


Getting his spur


Saluting


The 3 of us (Noah was sound asleep in the backpack carrier for most of the ceremony) =)

Some Random Pictures...

I just wanted to post a few cute pictures.

Thomas and Noah on Thomas' 26th birthday


Noah hanging out on the couch


Talking to me


Me and my little man=)

Aquarium

It's been awhile since I posted because Noah has been keeping me very busy=) He is now 3 months and 1 week and getting bigger and bigger everyday! He's been very interested in his hands and in trying to grab things. He loves when he's talked to and has let out a couple giggles. He's loves being out of the house and looking around at everything! He gets a serious look on his face and we can practically see the wheels turning in his head when something new catches his eye.
Thomas and I wanted to go to the Long Beach Aquarium for quite some time, so we finally had the chance. We were excited to see how Noah would be, and he absolutely loved it! He would follow one fish with his eyes, and then a new one would swim into his view and he would follow that one, and so on. It was really fun. We spent about 4 hours there, just looking around at everything. We all had a lot of fun.

Looking at the fish

Thomas and Noah in front of the whale

Relaxing in his stroller

Me and Noah

Looking at the Sea Bass that was 4 times his size!

Taking it all in!

Tired from all the excitement